A scientist's approach to Pilates — combining Pilates, physics, anatomy, research and education into a movement methodology built for rehabilitation and lasting function.
“Science is a unique way to study and explain the world around us. When scientific progress is made then it is our responsibility to share it with the world. For me this means continually incorporating the latest understanding of movement function into the Pilates sessions.”
After completing a Bachelor of Science with Honours, Filippa worked as an analytical scientist, developing the strong research principles that still shape her teaching today — work that led to presentations at international science conferences and published research in the journal Biochimica et Biophysica Acta.
A change of course followed a personal one: unable to move without pain in her own daily life, Filippa went looking for a movement modality that addressed form and function together, in service of rehabilitation. She found Pilates, and within a short time felt the benefits — then, true to form, needed to understand exactly why. That question led her to complete her teacher training and to her current work as a rehabilitation specialist.
With over a decade of experience, Filippa has developed her own movement methodology — Functional Pilates: A Scientist's Approach — combining five key disciplines: Pilates, Physics, Anatomy, Research and Education. She mentors other Pilates teachers, provides ongoing professional development within the industry, and maintains her clinical knowledge through Master classes with leading physiotherapists and through the Neuro Orthopaedic Institute. Her personal interest in neuroscience, brain function and neuroplasticity continues to shape her methodology.
Q Wellness Collective is a gathering of independent practitioners working across the three quiet seasons of a body's life — prevention, rehabilitation, and restoration.
A community of independent practitioners working as a collective. We collaborate across disciplines — referring between us, consulting on shared cases, and shaping one another's thinking through ongoing exchange. No single discipline answers every need; together, we hold the whole. What we hold in common is a passion for helping people and a mastery of our individual disciplines — earned through years of training, refined through years of practice, and offered with the unhurried care each body deserves.
Private and small‑group sessions in Functional Pilates, yoga, meditation, post‑surgical rehabilitation, balance, and breathwork — and we are always looking to welcome new disciplines that fit within our ethics. Clients move between us as the work demands: from prevention into rehabilitation, from rehabilitation into the longer restoration.